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McMillan Shakespeare (ASX:MMS) Interest Coverage : 5.66 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is McMillan Shakespeare Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. McMillan Shakespeare's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$62.7 Mil. McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-11.1 Mil. McMillan Shakespeare's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.66. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. McMillan Shakespeare Ltd interest coverage is 2.08, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:MMS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18   Med: 5.55   Max: 14.25
Current: 2.08


ASX:MMS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.37% of 792 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.34 vs ASX:MMS: 2.08

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


McMillan Shakespeare Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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McMillan Shakespeare Interest Coverage Chart

McMillan Shakespeare Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
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McMillan Shakespeare Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.41 - 4.22 - 5.66

Competitive Comparison of McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage falls into.



McMillan Shakespeare Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Expense was A$-9.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-11.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$316.2 Mil.

McMillan Shakespeare did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, McMillan Shakespeare's Interest Expense was A$-11.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$62.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$456.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*62.689/-11.079
=5.66

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


McMillan Shakespeare  (ASX:MMS) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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McMillan Shakespeare (ASX:MMS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
360 Elizabeth Street, Floor 21, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3000
McMillan Shakespeare Ltd is a provider of salary packaging, novated leasing, disability plan management and support coordination, asset management, and related financial products and services. It also cross-sells its salary packaging services to private entities via its asset management business in Australia and New Zealand, and it has acquired asset management businesses in the U.K. McMillan's asset management businesses provide motor vehicle leasing and fleet management services. The group has three operating segments: Group Remuneration Services, Asset Management Services, and Plan and Support Services. The prime revenue is generated from Asset Management segment.